Addressing attachment for mimeographs



July 27 J. R. STARK ADDRESSING ATTACHMENT FOR MIMEOGRAPHS Filed Feb 15, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 July 27 J. R. STARK ADDRESSING ATTACHMENT FOR MIMEOGRAPHS Filed Feb. 15 1926 gwuenJ oz 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Jbh/L 3.5m

July 27,1926. 1,594,129

J. R. STARK ADDRESSING ATTACHMENT FOR MIMEOGRAPHS Fi led Feb. 15, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 72 Jbhn]? .fitark, 60 9 July 27, 1926. 1,594,129

J. R. STARK ADDRESSING ATTACHMENT FOR MIMEOGRAPHS Filed Feb. 15, 1926. 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented July 27, 1926.

UNITED STATES P 1,594,129 ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. STARK, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESS EE, ASSIGNOE OF TwO-THIRDS TO WIL- LIAMS PRINTING COMPANY, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, A CORPORATION OF TENNESSEE.

ADDRESSING ATTACHMENT FOR MIMEOGRAPHS.

Application filed February 15, 1926. Serial No. 88,309.

This invention relates to addressing machines as used in connection with printing machines, and more especially what is commonly known as multigraph machines.

6 The object of the invention is to provide for the feeding of stencils of addresses in the path of the printed sheet from the multigraph cylinder where the address is im pressed at a desired'location w1th relation to the printed matter on the sheet and the latter permitted to move on.

' Another object ofthe invention is the movement of the stencil to a new location and the; feeding pf an envelope over same so that the address may again be used and applied to said envelope which is moved on, and another one fed in to receive the address from another stencil that has already been used on ,the sheet.

Q A further object of "he invention is to readily alternate the use of ink or an ink; ing ribbon for the stencil as the address is printed. I I

These and other objects of the invention are more fully described in the following s 'ecification, .set forth in the appended c aims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein I I Fig. 1 is a plan view of a multigraph machine showing theimproved addressing 'attachment connected therewith,

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, Fig. 3 is a front view of the attachment, Fi 4 is a cross sectional view through the s ieet printing plunger and through 4-4 of Fig. 1, and on a larger scale,

.Fig. 5 is a similar view through the envelope addressing plunger on the line 5-5 I of Fig. 1,

Fig. 9 is a modified form of inking for the stencils where a ribbon is used.

The device is adapted to be attached to a rinting machine wherein letters and circu ars are printed and where it is desired I 9 to supply each sheet and envelope with the same name and addres and in Figs. 1 and 2 a commontype of multigraph is shown at 15,-the cylinder 16 being rotated by a crank arm 17 thro gh suitable gearing and whose.

shaft carries a worm ear 18. that meshes with, and drives a simi ar gear 19.

The latter worm gear 19 operates the addressing mechanism through the medium of its shaft 20 except certain feed rollers that are driven through a lower shaft 21, also having a worm gear 22 beneath the gears 18 and 1 9, as shown in Fig.1.-

As the printed sheet passes from the cylinder, it moves .up a chute 23 and between rollers 24 and 25 which carry it on, the former roller being on the shaft 26 of a worm .gear wheel 27 that meshes with a worm gear 28 on the shaft 21 and rotates continuously. On the shaft 26 is a sprocket wheel 29 which, through the medium of the chain 30,

drives a sprocket wheel 31 on a shaft 32 carrying feed rollers 33 that cooperate with rollers 34. I

. At certain intervals the rollers 24 and 25 and the rollers 33 and 34 are made inoperaprinting of the address is rformed.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 3, it wibe seen that the shaft 35 of the rollers 25 is carried in slots 36 of an upright 37, and the rollers nor i 39 with rear extensions 40'located beneath the shaft 35. The latter shaft also carries spring smoothing finglgrs 35'.

As best shown in ig. 4, an arm 41 extends upward from shaft 38 under tension of a spring 41 and is provided with a resilient member 42 that is engaged by a cam 43 on the shaft 44, and the presser feet 39 are raised and the shaft '35 is released to permit the free movement of the sheet.

The rollers 33 and 34 are also seen in their cooperating positions, but one end of the shaft 32 is supported in a bearing 45 carried by a vertically moving bar 46 that at times descends and separates the rollers.

The operation of the other parts of the device through shaft 20 which-is journaled at its outer end in a frame 50 that is supgorted on the table 51, at the front of the.

evice, is provided by a worm gear wheel 52 meshing with a similar wheel 53 on the;

shaft 44 and rotates e same.

At the outer end of' he shaft 20 is a crank arm 54 carrying one end of a rod 55 whose. other end is attached to 'a bracket 6 on a 75 tive to allow the sheet to rest while the plunger 57 that plays in a guideway in the table 51 and is reciprocated as the shaft 20 rotates-and carries a stencil from the stack 58 down the guideway, and between the members that impress the stencil, the inking tape and the sheet.

On eachside of the table 51 is a cylinder 59, and 60, each containing a .plunger 61 and 62, the latter being forced up by a lever 63 whose socketed end carries the lower end of the rod 64 while the opposite end is connected with the bar 46 which is depressed by the roller 65 at the end of the arm 66 on the shaft 20 as. the latter rotates'andplays on the'upper end 67 of the rod.

The plunger 61 is depressed by a cam 68 secured on the shaft 44, and at the lower end of the plunger is a box 69 under which passes a tape 70 that is adapted to carry ink to the stencil while located beneath the bottom of the box. A'facing of flexible material may be secured to said box bottom while at the end of the box is carried the roller 71 around which the tape passes, Fig. 6. i

The top of plunger 62 carries a wooden block 72 supported and adjusted on thumb screws 73 to provide for the appropriate pressure on the stencil and sheet.

The plunger 61 is returned by springs 7. that encircle rods 75 and force it upward while the lower plunger 62 is released to fall by the spring 76 that keeps-the bar 46 in its normally elevated position.

After leaving, the box 69 the tape 70 asses under rollers 76? and over a roller 7 to receive ink from the distributing rollers 78 and 79 and the doctor roller 80 of the ink fountain 81 carried by a frame supported by the plungers fil, as shown in Fig;

8. The ink is a plied to the upper side of the tape,.but a ter passing over rollers 71 it is in position to apply the ink to the stencils. I

The roller 77 feeds the tape continuously and is driven by the gears 82 and 83 from the shaft '20, the latter gear wheel 79 being on the shaft 84 of the roller 77.

After each sheet has been addressed, its stencil is fed by the plunger, 57 along the guideway in the table 51, the stencils moving eachother and one being picked from out of the stack 58 with every reciprocation of the plunger, and they eventually reach the two plungers in cylinders 84 and 85 that are identical with the plungers 61 and 62 and operated by a similar cam 68 and arm 63 from shafts 44 and 63'.

"The envelopes are stacked in the box 85,

and are fed one at a time by the plunger 86,

Figs. 1 and 5, that is, reciprocated by means of rack bars 87 at each side of the box, and the segmental gear 88 carried by-a shaft 89 with anarm 90 at its outer end that is connected by therod 91 with the cam 92 on shaft 44, and as the latter revolves the seg ment 88 is actuated, causing the plunger 86 to feed an envelope beneath the tape 70-and between the plungers 61 and 62, A roller 87 supports the stack of envelopes while the plunger 87 is withdrawn.

While both the sheet and the envelope are being addressed, they are within the range of the rollers 3 3and 34, but they are separated by the action of the roller 65 and the bar 46, but when the printing of the address has been effected the said rollers are brought together and carry the enevelope and sheet from the influ'ence of the addressing plungers. p

In Fig. 9 will be seen a modified. form of inking device where an arm 95 is carried by an eccentric 96 on the shaft 44 and has at its other end a pin 97 that is adapted to engage a tooth'of the ratchet wheel 98 or99 according tothe direction it is desired to move the ribbon 100. The ratchet wheels and their spools 101 and 102 may be sup- "ported on the brackets 103, and to reverse the movement of the spool ,it is only necessary to throw the arm 95 to the ratchet 99. As the plunger continues to feed the stencils, they are finally deposited in the box 104 for future use, and appropriate means may be resorted to to collect the envelopes and printed sheets;

, It is obvious that other arrangements and modifications of the machine maybe resorted to and be-within the scope of the essential features above described, and of the appended claims.

What I claim as new is 1. In an addressing machine, the combination of a printing machine, means for delivering. a printed sheet, means for arresting and holding the same, means for impressing an address from a stencil, means for transferring a stencil from one impressing means to the other, and means for feeding an envelope to the second impressing means.

a 2. In an addressing machine, the combination of a printing machine, paper delivering means, means for arresting and holding the said paper, means for feeding a stencil over the paper, plungers adapted to impressthe address from the stencil on'the paper, a second set of luhgers to impress the address on an enve ope, means for advancing a stencil from one set of plungers to the other, means for feeding an envelopeto the second set of plungers, and means for simultaneously removing the paper and'the envelope after the addresses are printed,

3. In an addressing machine, the combination of a printing machine, means for feeding a sheet of paper, means for arresting and holding said sheet, plungers adapted to impress an address from a stencil-while the sheet. is arrested, means. for removing a pair. of

I the sheet whenaddressed, a second set of plungers to impress an address from a stencil, means for shifting a stencil from one set of plungers to the other, means forfeeding an envelope to thesecond set of plungers, means for removing the stencil from the second, set of plungers, and means for re-' moving the pa er and the envelope.

4. In an ad ressing machine, the combination of a printing machine, means for feeding the sheet of paper delivered from the printing machine, means for arresting and holding the paper, means for feeding an envelope, means for simultaneously printing an fuldIQTS on the sheet of paper and the envelope, and means for simultaneously removing the paper' and .the envelope after printing. r

5. In an addressing machine, the combination of a' printing machine, a rack for stencils, a plunger working under the rack and adapted to intermittently remove the stencils, a iideway to receive'the stencils, ungers adapted to move towards the stencil: an inkin tape above the stencil and adapted to be epressed by one of the plungers and intermittently actuated rollers adapted to remove a sheet ofpa'per that has been addressed by the stencil.

6. In an addressing machine, the combi-. nation ofa printing machine, a chu e from the same, feedrollers adapted to-ad ance'a sheet on the chute, presser feet with means adapted to prevent the rollers from operating and to engage and hold the sheet, plunge. ers adapted to operate on stencils toprint an address on the sheet, rollers adapted to remove the printed sheet and operate intermittently, and an inking tape adapted to move under one of the plungers,

7. In an addressing machine,,the combination of a table having. a guideway, a plunger adapted to feed stencils along the guideway, rollers ada ted to feed a sheet of paper under the gui eway, anfinking tape comprising an endless band and adapted to. move over the guideway, a plunger above the guideway, a plunger below the guideway, and means foroperating the latter plungers simultaneously.

8. In an addressing machine, the combination ofa table and guideway, a plunger adapted to feed stencils through'the. guidej way, plungers above and below the guideway and adapted to cooperate with each other on the stencil, intermittently actuatedrollers adapted to carry a sheet of paper, between the latter plungers, an endless tape traveling between the said plungers, rollers adapted to move the tape, an ink fountain, and rollers supplying theftape with ink from the fountain.

9. In an addressing machine, the combination of a tablehaving-a 'guidevy y adapted tocarry stencils, a plunger is apted to 'erating crani inking t'ape adapted-t0 travel the length of the'table and over the stencils, and a pair of ooperating plungers ateach end of the tab e to act on the stencils, inking tape and the pa er and the envelope. a

10. 11 an addressing machine, the combination of a table havin a guideway, a stencil holder at one end vo the table, means for selectingv and'feeding a 'stencil along; the guideway, cooperating plungersiacting on the stencils at each end of-the table, a frame uniting the lungers, anvink fountain on the frame, an i 'ng tape, rollers'suppoiting the inking tape at the ends ofi'the plungers, means for moving the t'ape,-and means for supplying ink from the fountain to same.

11. In an addressing machine, the combination'of a printing machine, a'crank shaft the printmg machine, a table having a guideway at the other end of the chute, a rotating shaft abovethe table, intermediategearing between the latter shaft and the machine shaft, plungers resiliently supported "by the table, and means on the shaft adapted to depress the plungers.

12. In an .a

inting machine having an oparm, a table adjacent the said machine and havin a guideway, means for intermittently fee 'ng stencils along the guideway, a shaft over the table, plungers nation of a above and below the table, a shaft 'belowthe table, cams-on the upper shaft and adapted to depress the up er plungers, arms on the lowersha-ft and a apted to elevate the lower plungers, andmeans connecting the shaft to cause the plungers to approach each other in unison. 4

13. In an addressing machine, the combination of a printing machine, a table adjacent same and having a longitudinal guideway, a shaft supported above the table, a shaft from the said machine to supply motive power, a plunger in the, guidewayadapted to feed stencils, a rod connecting the latter motive shaft with the plunger to reciprocate the same,'plungers at each end of the table and over and under the same, a shaft below the under plungers, and means on the shafts to cause them to force the plan ers over and under the table towards each 0t er.

14. In an addressing machine, the combi dressing machine, the combihit) l-lli gers beneath the table and adapted to be elevated-to meet the upper plungers by saidarms, means at one end of the table for feeding paper between plungers at that end, and

means at the other end of the table for feeding envelopes between the plungers at that end.

15. In an addressing machine, the combination of a printing machine, a table at the delivery side of said machine,'a. chute connecting the two, a plunger reciprocating on the table, a container for stencils in the path of the plunger,intermittently operating feed rollers at the sides of the table, impressing plunger-s one above and the other below the table and adjacent the feed rollers, a container for envelopes at the other end of the table, a feed plunger below the said container, rack bars under the latter plunger, toothed sectors engaging the rack bars, a second set of impressing-plungers adjacent :the envelope container, a shaft having cams to depress the upper impressing plungers,

said shaft elevated position, boxes at the lower end of the plungers, tapes adapted. to 'passunder the boxes,'a shaft above the plungers, and cams on the shaft to depress the plungers when said shaft revolves;

17. In an addressing machine, the combi nation of a table having a guideway, plungers beneath the guideway, stems to the plungers, a shaft below the plungers, arms on the latter and engaging the stems to elevate them and the plungers, a, shaft transverse of the-first shaft, an arm and antifri'ction roller on same, a vertically disposed rod adapted to be depresse-d'by said antifriction roller, and an arm o'n the first-mentioned lower I shaft and connected with the rod to cause it to elevate the plungers.

18. In an addressing machine, the combination ofa table having a guideway, a chute leading to the table, feed rollers at the surface of the chute, a rotating-shaft above the table, a lever pivoted on the chute and bear- 7 ing on the chute, presser feet carried by the pivot of the lever, arms fromsaid pivot and extending beneath the shafts of the feed rollers, and a cam onsaid rotating'cam to shift the lever and cause the depression of the presser feet and the elevation of said feed rollers.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflixmy signature.

J R. STARK. 

